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Special delivery   /spˈɛʃəl dɪlˈɪvəri/   Listen
Special delivery

noun
1.
Mail that is delivered by a special carrier (for an additional charge).





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"Special delivery" Quotes from Famous Books



... "That special delivery letter," and Dick pointed to it. "Wasn't here last night," he went on, "for I tied Blackie to that tree before I staked him ...
— The Boy Ranchers in Camp - or The Water Fight at Diamond X • Willard F. Baker
... arrived a special delivery, mailed from some small New Jersey town, and the familiarity of the phrasing, the almost audible undertone of worry and discontent, were so familiar that they comforted her. Who knew? Perhaps army discipline would ...
— The Beautiful and Damned • F. Scott Fitzgerald
... went to a restaurant, ate a hearty meal, and returned to the office rather late. On the floor lay a notification of a special delivery letter, to be had at the ...
— A Husband by Proxy • Jack Steele
... had finished her letter Mr. Danvers volunteered to take it over to the mainland for her and send it special delivery. ...
— Billie Bradley on Lighthouse Island - The Mystery of the Wreck • Janet D. Wheeler


Words linked to "Special delivery" :   mail


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